WSOPE Event #6: 5K Pot Limit Omaha

The sixth gold bracelet of the 2023 World Series of Poker Europe has been awarded to Wing Po Liu here at King's Resort in Rozvadov. Liu overcame a 202-player field and defeated Omar Eljach heads-up to claim their first gold bracelet along with the €230,000 first-place prize in Event #6: €5,000 Pot Limit Omaha.

Liu has had a couple of close calls as far as tournament wins go, including a third-place finish earlier this year in a WSOP $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event in Vegas. Liu's victory today marks a career-best cash along with his first-ever tournament win.

Winner's Reaction

Humble in victory, Liu explained that playing Pot-Limit Omaha tournaments is still relatively new to him, with most of his past results coming from Hold'em events.

"I still cannot believe I won because I rarely play PLO tournaments," Liu said. "I wanted to try some new games because No-Limit Hold'em can be boring. Some days just fold fold fold fold."

As far as winning the tournament, Liu explained that some of his skill in No-Limit tournaments can be applied to PLO tournaments as well.

"I don't really study PLO, but some [strategy] is similar to No-Limit tournaments, like ICM pressure or something like that. I'm mostly just learning while I'm playing... it's actually so ridiculous because my first professional win was a PLO tournament."

Event #6: €5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Final Table Results

Day 2 Action

Day 2 began with 52 hopefuls all looking to claim the lion's share of the €911,52 prize pool. Eliminations came swiftly with many notables busting out within the first few levels. Among the less fortunate were Jerry Odeen, Roland Israelashvili, Jan-Peter Jachtmann, and Felipe Ramos — all of whom were eliminated before making the money.

The money bubble burst after Daniel Dvoress ran trips into a full house, at which point the rest of the field was assured a min-cash of €7,875.

It didn't take long for the remaining field to work its way down to a final table, with Ren Lin (31st - €7,875), Dario Alioto (29th - €7 875), Michael Rodrigues (19th - €9,850), Renji Mao (15th - €10,900), and Michael Rocco (13th - €12,425) alll bowing out short of the finale.

Despite coming into the final table with a significant chip lead, the tone was set for what ended up being a rough day for Gergo Nagy after Tong Li doubled through him immediately after play began. After Oleksii Kovalchuk, Li, and Wooram Cho exited in ninth, eighth, and seventh place respectively, Liu began his ascent at the final table after cracking Nagy's pocket aces in a massive pot.

From that point on, Nagy failed to gain any momentum back and was eliminated in sixth place after getting all-in preflop and falling to Kasparas Klezys' aces.

Liu continued his rise after eliminating Marco Di Persio in a two-hand combo that left Liu vying for the chip lead.

Anson Tsang was able to hang on and double up multiple times throughout the final table before finally hitting the rail in fourth place thanks to Eljach, who spiked an ace on the turn after getting Tsang all in on the flop.

Liu claimed one more victim in Klezys, who was sent out in third place after Liu flopped two pair against him — setting up what would be a brief heads-up battle between him and Eljach.

Eljach, who has been on an absolute tear this series after getting fourth place in Event #3: €1,350 Mini Main Event and flat-out winning Event #2: €550 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Max, entered heads-up play at a chip disadvantage but quickly assumed the lead after getting paid off with a full house.

Liu wouldn't be denied, however, as just a few short hands later he put a big move on Eljach to win a massive pot. Liu finished the job after getting all in with queens and cracking Eljach's kings to make his first tournament victory official.

That wraps up PokerNews' coverage of Event #6: €5,000 Pot Limit Omaha. Be sure to check out our live-reporting hub for continuing coverage of the 2023 World Series of Poker Europe right here at King's Resort in Rozvadov.

Wing Po Liu opened to 750,000 from the button and Omar Eljach made a pot-sized raise to 2,250,000 from the big blind. Liu moved all in with a covering stack and Eljach called to put himself at risk.

Omar Eljach:     
Wing Po Liu:     

Eljach was in excellent shape to double up with the bigger pocket pair but that all changed when the flop came     giving Liu a full house. Eljach couldn't catch a king on the    turn and river and was eliminated in second place while Liu took down the final hand of the tournament.

Wing Po Liu	20,200,000	4,200,000
Omar Eljach	0	-4,200,000

Omar Eljach limped in from the button and Wing Po Liu checked from the big blind.

Both players checked the     flop leading to the   on the turn. Liu checked, Eljach bet 600,000 and Liu made the call.

The river was the   and Liu lead out with a bet of 1,000,000. Eljach to 4,350,000 and after about two minutes of consideration Liu flicked in the call.

Eljach tabled      for queens full of fours to win the first major pot of heads up play.

Omar Eljach	11,975,000	3,775,000
Wing Po Liu	8,225,000	-3,775,000

Kasparas Klezys raised to a bit over 1,000,000 on the button and was called by Wing Po Liu in the big blind.

Liu bet enough to put Klezys all in for his last 200,000 on the     flop and Klezys called to put himself at risk.

Kasparas Klezys:     
Wing Po Liu:     

Klezys would need some help against Liu's two pair, but the   turn and   river bricked out for Klezys and he was eliminated in third place.

Wing Po Liu	12,000,000	2,350,000
Omar Eljach	8,200,000	-1,000,000
Kasparas Klezys	0	-1,350,000

The final three players are now on a 15-minute break.

Wing Po Liu	9,650,000	-275,000
Omar Eljach	9,200,000	1,200,000
Kasparas Klezys	1,350,000	-925,000

Anson Tsang opened to 500,000 on the button and Omar Eljach three-bet to 1,700,000 from the small blind. Action folded back to Tsang, who called after a bit of thought.

Eljach bet enough to put Tsang all in for his last 3,000,000 on the     flop and Tsang called to put himself at risk.

Anson Tsang:     
Omar Eljach:     

The   turn improved Eljach to a pair of aces and   river changed nothing — eliminating Tsang in fourth place.

Omar Eljach	10,500,000	3,000,000
Anson Tsang	0	-3,150,000

Wing Po Liu opened to 500,000 from the button and Kasparas Klezys moved all in for 1,460,000 from the big blind. Liu made the call with a covering stack to put Klezys at risk.

Kasparas Klezys:     
Wing Po Liu:     

The board ran out       giving Klezys fives full of threes to score another double up, this time through Liu.

Wing Po Liu	3,415,000	-1,760,000
Kasparas Klezys	3,220,000	-1,040,000

Omar Eljach opened to 400,000 first-to-act and Wing Po Liu announced a pot-sized three-bet to 1,440,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back around to Eljach, who made the call.

Eljach checked to Liu on the     flop and he went all in for 800,000 total. Eljach looked a bit pained, but stuck in a call to put Liu at risk.

Wing Po Liu:     
Omar Eljach:     

Eljach was in rough shape against Liu's set of aces and the   turn nor the   river changed anything — scoring the double up for Liu.

Omar Eljach	7,500,000	-200,000
Wing Po Liu	4,850,000	-150,000

Anson Tsang opened to 400,000 from the cutoff and Marco Di Persio defended from the big blind.

Both players checked the     flop leading to the   turn. Di Persio bet 1,040,000, leaving only 225,000 behind and Tsang mucked his hand after roughly one minute of consideration.

Anson Tsang	3,150,000	450,000
Marco Di Persio	2,450,000	-950,000

Anson Tsang opened to 300,000 from the button and Omar Eljach three-bet to 1,020,000 from the small blind. Tsang four-bet to 3,180,000 and Eljach moved all in for 3,335,000. Tsang made the call to put Eljach at risk for the first time since the start of the final table.

Omar Eljach:     
Anson Tsang:     

Eljach looked to be in dire shape against Tsang's aces until the flop came     giving him top set. Eljach remained ahead on the   turn and   river to secure a much-needed double up, getting back some of the chips he had lost earlier while leaving Tsang with a very short stack.

Omar Eljach	6,910,000	3,530,000
Anson Tsang	320,000	-3,600,000